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WORTH-SPRITE MATCH AROUSES KEEN INTEREST T" Cincinnati, O.. October 21. One of the notable turf events of the year will take place at the Latonia track next Tuesday when. AVorth and Sprite, two of the greatest American two-year-olds of the year, will meet in a match race for ,000 a side. Worth is owned by II. C. Ilallcnback, a wealthy newcomer to tiie turf, and one who loves the sport. Sprite is the property of H. K. Knapp. likewise wealthy, a steward of the Jockey Club of New York, a keen sportsman and a pillar of the turf. Both men have posted their side bets and there is but one point m the stipulations that may cause a postponement, and that is the track must be good. As that term as applied to the condition of the going at a racecourse is a bit broad, the matter will be dc cided by Judge Charles F. Price. If he declares that the track is good, then the race must go or the side bet is forfeited. The match will be at three-quarters of a mile. Worth is to carry 118 pounds and Sprite 110. This makes the colt concede the filly five pounds in addition to the sex allowance. The race was brought about through some talk that came up at Louisville after the recent defeat of Worth in the race in which his jockey lost his stirrups and therefore was unable to do his mount justice. Mr. Hallenbeck thinks lie has the geratost racing machine that ever ran. and his trainer. Frank M. Taylor, was anxious to get a match race with some good juvenile on account of Worths mishap. W. H. Karrick, trainer for II. K. Knapp, offered to take Mr. Taylor up and found that he would be will- ing to make a weight concession of five pounds to Sprite. It was then proposed to have the race open to otiier two-year-olds to eliminate the match race feature and weights were drawn up with this in view. Neither was satisfied witli the allotment and filially it was decided to confine the race to the two horses. To remove any possible chance for suspicion, it was decided that there was to be no betting on the race. So it will be a. private -sweepstakes and will be run as an extra event on Tuesday between the fourth and fifth races on that day. Trainers at the Latonia track are divided as to the probable outcome of the race, but all concede that it will go down into turf history with the famous match races of the past. Some of the best remembered of which are the contests between Miss Woodford, belonging to Dwyer Bros., and Ed. Corrl-gans Frceland; the dead heat struggle between Henry of Navarre and Domino; the Domino-Dobbins contest; the famous match between Salvator and Tenny, and further back than any of these, tho Ten Broeck-Mollie McCarthy four-mile heats at Louisville. In recent years, match racing has fallen into disrepute on account of the betting angle and such affairs have been frowned on by racing assocla tions. The elimination of betting of course removes jny such objections to the present match, and that it will be a sporting event of the first magnitude Is assured. .Manager Haehmeister is preparing far the entertainment of a big crowd at Latonia on Tues day, when the match will be decided.
